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==Career==
==Career==
Williams is known for his textured, fluid camerawork (often handheld) and a heightened attention to available light. The ''[[The New Yorker|New Yorker]]'' film critic [[Richard Brody]] described Williams (in a memorial appraisal of documentary filmmaker [[Albert Maysles]], for whom Williams served extensively as cameraman) as "the cinematographer for many of the best and most significant independent films of the past decade, fiction and documentary — including ''[[Frownland (film)|Frownland]]'', ''Yeast'', ''Fake It So Real'', ''[[The Color Wheel]]'', ''Young Bodies Heal Quickly'', ''[[Listen Up Philip]]'', the [[Safdie brothers]]' ... ''[[Heaven Knows What]]'', and [[Alex Ross Perry]]'s new [as of 2015] feature ''[[Queen of Earth]]''."<ref>{{cite web|last=Brody|first=Richard|url=http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/postscript-albert-maysles-1926-2015|title=Postscript: Albert Maysles, 1926-2015|work=[[The New Yorker]]|date=March 6, 2015|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>
One of Williams' early assignments was for Jessica Oreck's ''[[Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo]]'', which premiered at the 2009 [[South by South West]] (SXSW), and which was lauded by [[Justin Chang]] in a review for ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', describing Williams' camerawork and visual style as "pure poetry."{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}


In a 2013 article for [[Film.com]], critic Calum Marsh deemed Williams "micro-budget filmmaking's most exciting cinematographer."<ref>{{cite web|last=Marsh|first=Calum|url=http://www.film.com/movies/cinematographer-sean-price-williams|title=Meet Micro-Budget Filmmaking's Most Exciting Cinematographer|work=[[Film.com]]|date=July 17, 2013|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> Marsh would go on to write in a 2014 article in Toronto's ''[[National Post]]'' that "Williams, in particular, has proven indispensable to the [2010s American independent film] movement, and over the past several years has distinguished dozens of the films with his all but peerless talent for photography, from experimental nonfiction work like Maiko Endo's ''Kuichisan'' to more conventional comedies like [[Bob Byington]]'s ''[[Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012 film)|Somebody Up There Likes Me]]''."<ref>{{cite web|last=Marsh|first=Calum|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/movies/cultural-studies-americas-most-vital-filmmaking-movement-finally-shows-its-face-on-canadian-screens|title=America’s most vital filmmaking movement finally shows its face on Canadian screens|work=[[National Post]]|date=October 24, 2014|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>
Williams was cinematographer on Ronald Bronstein's ''[[Frownland (film)|Frownland]]'', which received a Special Jury Award at SXSW in 2007 and was named the 2007 Gotham Award-winner for "Best Film Not Playing at a Theatre Near You." Williams was also cinematographer on Mary Bronstein's ''[[Yeast]]'', starring [[Greta Gerwig]]. He has shot several films for [[Alex Ross Perry]]: ''[[Impolex]]'', ''[[The Color Wheel]]'', ''[[Listen Up Philip]]'', ''[[Queen of Earth]]'' and most recently ''[[Golden Exits]]'', which premiered in Sundance's 2017 U.S. Dramatic Competition.


Along with other celebrated figures of the New York independent film scene such as Perry, [[Kate Lyn Sheil]], [[Robert Greene (filmmaker)|Robert Greene]], Luke Oleksa, and Michael M. Bilandic, Williams was a long-time employee of famed New York video and music store [[Kim's Video and Music]].<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://bedfordandbowery.com/2014/08/the-story-of-kims-video-music-told-by-its-clerks-and-customers/|title=The Story of Kim’s Video & Music, Told By Its Clerks and Customers|work=Bedford + Bowery|date=August 22, 2014|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>
Williams has worked with the [[Safdie brothers]] on several films: ''[[The Black Balloon (film)|The Black Balloon]]'', won the Jury Prize in Short Film, U.S. Fiction, at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, ''[[Heaven Knows What]]'' premiered at Toronto, screened at SXSW and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. In 2017, he shot the highly anticipated ''[[Good Time (film)|Good Time]]'' starring [[Robert Pattinson]].

Williams has worked alongside [[Abel Ferrara]] and [[Noah Baumbach]] and served extensively as cameraman for mentor [[Albert Maysles]], with whom he collaborated on ''Iris'', the Maysles' last documentary about the scintillating and stylish N.Y. octogenarian.

The ''[[New Yorker (magazine)|New Yorker]]'' film critic [[Richard Brody]] has praised Williams, describing him as "the cinematographer for many of the best and most significant independent films of the past decade, fiction and documentary."<ref>[[Richard Brody]], "[http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/the-safdie-brothers-transcendent-good-time “Good Time” Is an Instant-Classic Crime Drama for the Age of Trump]," ''[[The New Yorker]]'', August 15, 2017.</ref><ref>———. "[http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/postscript-albert-maysles-1926-2015 Postscript: Albert Maysles, 1926-2015]," ''[[The New Yorker]]'', March 16, 2015.</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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* ''[[Listen Up Philip]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Listen Up Philip]]'' (2014)
* ''Iris'' (2014)
* ''Iris'' (2014)
* ''Young Bodies Heak Quicly'' (2014)
* ''Young Bodies Heal Quickly'' (2014)
* ''[[Heaven Knows What]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Heaven Knows What]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Queen of Earth]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Queen of Earth]]'' (2015)
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==Further reading==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2770900/cinematographer-sean-price-williams/|title=Meet Micro-Budget Filmmaking's Most Exciting Cinematographer|work=[[MTV]]|first=Calum|last=Marsh|date=July 17, 2013}}


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 16:10, 27 October 2017

Sean Price Williams
Born
Wilmington, Delaware
OccupationCinematographer

Sean Price Williams is an American cinematographer. Born in Wilmington, Delaware,[1] he is based in New York.[2]

Career

Williams is known for his textured, fluid camerawork (often handheld) and a heightened attention to available light. The New Yorker film critic Richard Brody described Williams (in a memorial appraisal of documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles, for whom Williams served extensively as cameraman) as "the cinematographer for many of the best and most significant independent films of the past decade, fiction and documentary — including Frownland, Yeast, Fake It So Real, The Color Wheel, Young Bodies Heal Quickly, Listen Up Philip, the Safdie brothers' ... Heaven Knows What, and Alex Ross Perry's new [as of 2015] feature Queen of Earth."[3]

In a 2013 article for Film.com, critic Calum Marsh deemed Williams "micro-budget filmmaking's most exciting cinematographer."[4] Marsh would go on to write in a 2014 article in Toronto's National Post that "Williams, in particular, has proven indispensable to the [2010s American independent film] movement, and over the past several years has distinguished dozens of the films with his all but peerless talent for photography, from experimental nonfiction work like Maiko Endo's Kuichisan to more conventional comedies like Bob Byington's Somebody Up There Likes Me."[5]

Along with other celebrated figures of the New York independent film scene such as Perry, Kate Lyn Sheil, Robert Greene, Luke Oleksa, and Michael M. Bilandic, Williams was a long-time employee of famed New York video and music store Kim's Video and Music.[6]

Filmography

Feature films

References

  1. ^ Fishman, Margie (September 26, 2014). "'Hellaware' film means no offense to First State". The News Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  2. ^ Yepes, Julia (August 17, 2017). "The cinematographer behind all of your favorite underground films". Interview. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  3. ^ Brody, Richard (March 6, 2015). "Postscript: Albert Maysles, 1926-2015". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  4. ^ Marsh, Calum (July 17, 2013). "Meet Micro-Budget Filmmaking's Most Exciting Cinematographer". Film.com. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  5. ^ Marsh, Calum (October 24, 2014). "America's most vital filmmaking movement finally shows its face on Canadian screens". National Post. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  6. ^ "The Story of Kim's Video & Music, Told By Its Clerks and Customers". Bedford + Bowery. August 22, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
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